The late Granville "Granny" Klink, Jr. (1909-97), Chief Engineer for CBS and WTOP, is the guest of Chuck Langdon & Lee Shephard in the first of two Out of the Past programs, (recorded in 1994). Beginning his long radio career in the 1930’s, he worked with Presidents from Franklin Roosevelt to Richard Nixon. In this program, he shows one of the microphones used by President Roosevelt in his weekly “Fireside Chats.” Granny was truly one of the “pioneers” of the broadcast industry.
On May 22, 1958, Pres. Eisenhower became the first president to be recorded in color on videotape as he helped dedicate NBC's brand-new 4001 Nebraska Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. facilities (which housed network and WRC Radio/WRC-TV studios)in a live afternoon broadcast fed to the NBC Television network. Learn the full details on the restoration by Ed Reitan, Don Kent, and Dan Einstein of this historic videotape at: http://QuadVideotapeGroup.com/EiesnhowerQuadRestoration.htm (Note the spelling error in the URL for that page. Be sure to type the address exactly as shown.)
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